Question

Define mole and calculate the number of moles in 15g of sodium chloride.

Answer 1

Answer:

A mole is defined as 6.02214076 × 1023 of some chemical unit, be it atoms, molecules, ions, or others. The mole is a convenient unit to use because of the great number of atoms, molecules, or others in any substance.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The mole (or mol) represents a certain number of objects.

• SI def.: the amount of a substance that contains the same

number of entities as there are atoms in 12 g of carbon-12.

• Exactly 12 g of carbon-12 contains 6.022 x 10 23 atoms

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